Food Control Plan Aims to Curb Profits and Hoarding
Western Newspaper Unto News Service: Government to place nearly all staple foods under control starting November 1. President Wilson will issue an executive order requiring manufacturers and distributors of about twenty foods to operate under price and hoarding restrictions. Regulations will affect meat packers cold storage mills canners elevators grain dealers and wholesalers with annual business over 100 000. The food administration says the move protects citizens against profiteering during wartime and notes extensive discussions with trades producers and consumers have already occurred.
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Western Newspayer
Washington, D. C
The
Food Administration
Wilson
War Service Committees Urged Across All Industries
The chamber of commerce of the United States calls for formation of war service committees in every industry to cooperate with the government. These committees will absorb functions of the industries committees of the council of national defense, which will be abolished. They will work with the defense council's war industry board on government purchases, apportion orders, and set priorities, with members representing industry, not the government.
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Washington, D. C
Cal
War Service Commissions
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Council of National Defense
War Service Committees
Defense Council
War Industry Board
States
District of Columbia
Begia
Bond Sales Below Average in Washington and Regions
Liberty bond sales in the nation’s chief financial districts are under the daily average needed to hit the three billion minimum set by Secretary McAdoo. New England must raise at least 200 million. so far 35.546 million is credited, with unreported subscriptions likely bringing total to about 40.08 million. New York and its federal reserve district target 90 million, with the latest reported subscriptions at 200.871 million.
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Washington, D. C
Liberty
McAdoo
New England
New York
Federal Reserve District
Americans Wounded Near Front in Munitions Transport
Paris Robert Lamon of Evanston Illinois and Henry Thompson of Grenville Del were wounded by a German shell while on duty with the American field service munition transport section near the front. Their injuries are not serious.
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Paris
Robert Lamon
Evanston
Henry Thompson
Grenville
Del
American Field Service
Medals Awarded to Workers at American Hospital Weuilly
The army medical service awarded eleven silver-gilt fifty silver and seventy-five bronze medals to workers at the American hospital in Weuilly. Recipients include thirty-seven men and ninety-nine women, most of them Americans.
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Paris
Army Medical Service
Weuilly
Coal Embargo Easing eyed for Canada shipments
The fuel administration plans to modify the coal embargo to Canada after finding Viained supplies can meet demand without harming northwest reserves. Northwest regions will be urged to conserve coal and cities may limit plant use during specific periods, with industrial usage possibly reduced.
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Bome Coal
Canada
Washington, D. C
The
Fuel Administration
Cox
Northwest
Wis
War Session Achievements Marked by Harmony and a Defeat
After six months in session, Congress showed rare harmony with no major dissension. The administration faced defeat on a single key bill, while other measures progressed with legislative input and limited opposition.
Important Bills Passed in Session War Measures
The War session saw a declaration of war against Germany on April 6. War bond issues total 15,638,000,000 and war appropriations plus contract authorizations total 14,390,000,000. Allies receive 7,000,060,000 in war loans. A selective draft targets 10,000,000 men. The espionage act with embargo provision, the 2,235,000,000 revenue bill, feed control bill, trading with the enemy act, and the soldiers and sailors insurance bill are also included.
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Congress
Germany
Soldiers’ and Sailors
Washington War Session Ends With Record Tax Legislation
The Sixty-fifth Congress closed its first wartime session on October 6 after six months of swift action. Lawmakers passed a $2.535 billion war revenue bill and a $21.39 billion appropriations package for the fiscal year, funding loans and extensive military effort. The record tax measures reach into most incomes and many consumer charges, with notable changes in beer and whiskey taxes, postal rates, and transportation fees. Despite dissension, the session produced the largest taxation bill in American history and unprecedented war-related spending.
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Washington
Germany
Congress
Reichstag
Percel Post
Burance
War Measures and Appointments Under Wartime Congress Significance
Congress moved swiftly to back the war effort with key measures. It confirmed top generals Pershing Bliss and others to full ranks, while Carl Reed was advanced. A British and French mission visited, and major acts authorized bonds, loans, and large military expansions including a 1 000 000 strong draft, army and navy growth, home guard equipage, and extensive wartime spending.
Wartime Appropriations and Credit Measures Across Agencies
A sequence of acts enlarges Interstate Commerce Commission scope, funds national security and defense, supports agriculture and food distribution, authorizes large bond issues and wartime credit to allied governments, and funds military family allowances. Totals include 11,846,000 for national security, 162,500,000 for food and furs, 4,021,279,000 for bonds and credits, and 5,856,686,016.93 for war expenses plus related deficits and shipping.
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United States
50 000 Belgian Houses Gone
Havre reports the Belgium government has issued a gray book denying German claims of Belgian civilian attacks. The document, replying to a May 11 1915 white book, states 40 000 to 50 000 Belgian houses were destroyed by German actions during the early war period.
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Havre
Belgium
Sailor Held on Manslaughter Charge in Dockyard Death
London reports Marc Perente, an American naval machinist, held on bail on charges of manslaughter over the September death of dockyard laborer Plummer. Perente pleaded not guilty, stating the blow to the jaw was not intended to injure. Magistrate in Queenstown ordered bail.
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London
Marc Perente
Plummer
Queenstown
Perente
Peru Breaks With Kaiser Over German Ties
Jima Peru formally broke relations with Germany after a congress vote in Montevideo Uruguay anticipated an overwhelming majority in favor of an immediate rupture. Passports were handed to the German minister in Buenos Aires as part of the action.
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Jima
Peru
Germany
Congress
Poverniment
Buenos Aires
Montevideo
Uruguay
Taft Weds Miss Chase at Chase Home in Waterbury
Miss Blenner Chase, daughter of Teving tt Chase, married Sergt. Mad Charles Phelps Puff IT USSA son of William Fi Taft and Mes of New Haven. The ceremony was held at the Chase home with decor featuring the Chase family. Rev. Stev. Robert EB. Brown of the Second Church officiated, with the bride’s mother presenting the bride.
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Woaterbury
Gann
Miss Blenner
Teving Tt. Chase
Charles Phelps
S.A
William Fi. Taft
Mes
New Uaven
Federation Urges Ousting of I W W Sacramenta
In Sacramento Gal Oct labor federation leaders urged action against the I W W amid calls for expulsion. The meeting discussed adaptation and reform, with emphasis on consolidating membership and addressing factional tensions within the federation.
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I. W
Artillery Brigade Staff Calls for Adaptable Recruits at Camp Dodge
Thirteen recruits are sought to complete the One Hundred and 5th artillery brigade staff of the Highty Eighth Division at Camp Dodge under Brig Gen S Mr Foote. The unit includes three field artillery regiments commanded by General Foote and a staff trained in wireless radio and field communications.
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National Army
Camp Dodge
S. Mr. Foote
War Department
Foote
Chasan
Mijor
Farry
Boone Man on Pershing's Staff
Boone and friends report Captain C. B. Carson has earned a high honor by being transferred to General Pershing s staff. He now serves at the headquarters of the American expedition in France where he previously led the Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern Interurban Company as superintendent.
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Boone
Pershing
C. BE. Carson
Trenchéa
France
Carson
Fort Dodge
Des Morges
Southern Interurban
Separate Trials On Sedition Charges In Davenport
Attorneys for De Hen y Matthey and others request separate trials as court opens. Wallace likely to be tried first for alleged espionage act violation. He is accused of delivering a pro Germany anti conscription lecture on July 25. Wallace founded the League of Humanity.
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Davenport
Heny Matthey
Walter Matthey
Fred Vollmer
Lis
Charles Wiese
A. H. Miller
Daniel H. Wallace
Wallace
Hea
Wade
United States District Court
Walgee
The
Loague of Humanity
Third Death at Camp Dod Nelson to Company 3
A misread casualty report notes the third death among the Eighty-eighth Division search parties since mobilization. Morgan joined September 2 and died at base hospital after an abscess worsened. the wound and infection spread to the diaphragm and lung cavity. Also noted is Louis Geeke injured by a mouse bite causing blood poisoning in the left hand.
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Amy Dodge
Morgan
Noarmy
Dodnel
Battaliouw
Bry
Ren Hue
Crement
Wack
Louis Geeke Ta
Ile
Charge Teacher Is a Slacker In Mann Act Case
Gadar Kapidae Walter L Schwartz a country school teacher near Mar en sa arrested by federal officers on information of Mrs Lena Stripkinald of Winslow TH who alleged he violated the Mann act by bringing her to this state and that she is a non registered slacker Schwartz admits he did not raghs but says the Strick Want woman came to his state on her own. Schwartz has a wife and two children residing in McAlister Pa.
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Gadar Kapidae
Walter L. Schwartz
Near Mar
Mra
Lena Stripkinald
Winslow
Sehwartz
Sehwarz
McAlister
Hoover's Message to Jowd Urges Hog Supply Stimulus
President Hoover appeals to Burlington’s Jowd representative on the Food Control Board to boost hog production by raising prices and securing supplies. He warns of dangers to vital food stocks if producers lack adequate returns and urges action to maintain meat availability and farm profitability amid wartime economics.
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Burlington
Lowe Tanmers
Amore
Torbert Hoover
Fir
Df. Eo
Jows
Food Control Board
Gillen
Delonen
Lam
Willhngty
Dawa Dees Gore
Usain
Ap Nain
Purdon
Towa
Flprbert Dover
Road Building at Camp Dodge by Army Engineers
Officers of the ray outh engineers of the eighty eighth division begin emergency work at Camp Dodge to open a southern entrance road. A road scraper traction engine and other gear are commandeered to create a new roadway between the interurban line and the camp, with repairs and paving to complete the route within hours.
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Camp Dodge
Ray Outh
Natiral Army
Camp
Doge
Ronda
France
Lawa Bey In Hospital After Operation At Monmouth County
A poster from Dew Moings reports Lawa Bey hospitalized in Long Branch New Jersey after an appendix rupture operation. He enlisted in the signal company at Dew Aegtoes last May and served with the Little Silver camp. His combination 48 regiment favorable.
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Lawa Bey
Iowa
Dew Moings
Monmouth Menor Hospital
Long Branch
Sig Company
Dew Aegtoes
Cmpa
Little Silver
May Appeal Bond Election Heightens Local Tension
A heated vote stalled Sau bond issue amid concerns over an unsafe old school building. Authorities will pursue condemnation actions, while supporters seek a second election to regain momentum.
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von Wert
Auto crash kills Montrealls resident near Nere
A mobile vehicle struck a culvert near Nere and rolled over, killing Charles Muang, a traveling sitesman for Diivenport Camby Gom wing, W. WY Hollingsworth and two others were injured. The deceased and the driver Huene were Montrealls residents and married. The exact location and circumstances remain under investigation.
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Duby
Kibot
Nere
Charles Muang
Diivenport
Camby Gomwing
W. WY. Hollingsworth
Pitino
Fred Parddi
Darren McMason
James Yau
Montrealls
Deail
Huene
Emmetsburg Man Appointed Chief Dispatcher
Timothy Sullivan is named Chief Dispatcher of Jim Great Western Railway at St Paul Minnesota. He is a Hels Palo Alto young man and brother of J J Sullivan of the Grachinger Times. He previously served as dispatcher at Stockton Michigan.
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Emmetsburg
Timothy Sullivan
Jim Great
Western Railway
St. Paul
Minn
Hels
Palo Alto
J. J. Sullivan
Grachinger Times
Ife
Stockton, Mi
Second Trial for Myers in Van Meter Killing Case
Winterset reports the second trial of Pred Myers for the death of his wife. The 1915 indictment included his mother. Myers was found guilty and sentenced to fifteen years, but appealed. the supreme court upheld the appeal, and the case remained for another trial.
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Myers
Winterset
Pred Myers
van Meter
Applegete
Supreme Cour
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